Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

• Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• When I was Puerto Rican by Esmerelda Santiago

Poetry (choose 2 or 3)

• "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Robert Burns
• "As I Grew Older" by Langston Hughes
• "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
• "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
• "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

Short Fiction

• "The Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan
• "A&P" by John Updike or here First published in The New Yorker, July 22, 1961

Multimedia

• Selections from "Nevermind" by Nirvana

The library also recommends:

Documentaries/Movies:

• Bless Me Ultima (movie)

Short Videos:

• The Catcher in the Rye Part 1: Language, Voice and Holden Caulfield from Crash Course Literature
• The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Holden, JD and the Red Cap from Crash Course Literature

Websites:

Articles:

• The Catcher in the Rye from Novels for Students
• The Catcher in the Rye from Literature and Its Times
• J. D. Salinger from Major 21st Century Writers
• Bless Me Ultima from Novels for Students
• Bless Me Ultima from Literature and Its Times
• Rudolfo Anaya from Major 21st Century Writers

Books:

Historical Nonfiction

• "Advice to Youth" by Mark Twain

Contemporary Nonfiction (choose 1)

• "A White Woman of Color" by Julia Alvarez
• "Kurt Cobain's Downward Spiral" Rolling Stone's 1994 Feature
• "Square Peg in a Circle of Math Brains: Even Among Peers, Kaczynski Didn't Fit In" by Susan Sward